Philippine Secretary of Health Francisco

Philippine Secretary of Health Francisco Duque (R) holds a child while World Health Organization (WHO) regional director, Shin Young-Soo (L), looks on during a visit to a evacuation center for flood-affected victims in the town of Muntinlupa, south of Manila on October 28, 2009. UN health experts began field investigations on October 28 to help the Philippines contain an outbreak of a deadly disease in the wake of massive storms that claimed more than 1,000 lives, officials said. The World Health Organisation's four-member team will work with and advise local officials on combating leptospirosis, an infection caused by exposure to water contaminated with rat and other animal urine, the agency said. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)